From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vms173011pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.11]:45159 "EHLO vms173011pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758912Ab1LOOpt (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:45:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:40:36 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Foley Subject: [PATCH V2] try to create KBUILD_OUTDIR automatically Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Kbuild Mailing List , mmarek@suse.cz This patch makes it possible to execute make O=/path/to/work instead of mkdir -p /path/to/work make O=/path/to/work Signed-off-by: Peter Foley --- V2: update error message Makefile | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index d1ea73f..5855399 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ $(CURDIR)/Makefile Makefile: ; ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),) # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables -# check that the output directory actually exists +# check that the output directory exists or can be created saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) -KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd) +KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd) $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),, \ - $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist)) + $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist and cannot be created)) PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) sub-make -- 1.7.8